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Pictures of the hidden hands who are going to burn Poland by the hands of Nazis in Poland. You correlate the dots. 
Among the most irritating DEI propaganda tropes the news media loves is "This Student just got admitted to EVERY Ivy League School!"
And it's always a black/latino student, usually female. We're told to be impressed. Ok, why? What were their SATs? Was...DIVERSITY a factor?
And it's always a black/latino student, usually female. We're told to be impressed. Ok, why? What were their SATs? Was...DIVERSITY a factor?
No mention of SAT score here. But she got into 15 schools. Why apply to all 8 ivies? It just means someone else is getting waitlisted or rejected, probably in her class (colleges will only take a certain amount from same school)
Again all 8 Ivy League schools! Wow. I wonder how she was more academically elite than countless Asian valedictorians with 1600 SATs who didn't get into any of the big 3 Ivy, nevermind all 3.
🧵The same phenomenon of perception exists in politics and so much else.
We rarely perceive a person, idea, or event exactly as it is/they are—we instead make a near-automatic inference based on context, emotions, the social status we attach to it/them, and the narratives that surround it (or don't).
We make these calculations instantaneously, without prompting.
Just like we all did when we first glanced at the example above and perceived the batteries to be of differing sizes, we do the same thing to people, ideas, and events. Right? : )
Just like we all did when we first glanced at the example above and perceived the batteries to be of differing sizes, we do the same thing to people, ideas, and events. Right? : )
I'm now reading Graeme MacQueen's "The 2001 Anthrax Deception". I can't believe I hadn't seen this all this time.
I had always suspected that there was some connection between 9/11 and the anthrax letters - they both instill fear in American minds, and they're just weeks apart.
I had always suspected that there was some connection between 9/11 and the anthrax letters - they both instill fear in American minds, and they're just weeks apart.
But I had come to the anthrax question from a different angle: in 2002, Rudy Giuliani was awarded a contract to clean the office and warehouse of AMI/National Enquirer. Apparently (read with high degree of sarcasm), Giuliani OWNED the ONLY "anthrax-cleaning company" in the USA.
My mobster spidey-sense started blinking bright, bright red. But...I didn't know enough at that time.
And later, Giuliani was seen to be a very key member of Trump's 2016 election campaign.
And then, we learned how important AMI/National Enquirer was to Trump and keeping the
And later, Giuliani was seen to be a very key member of Trump's 2016 election campaign.
And then, we learned how important AMI/National Enquirer was to Trump and keeping the
I tested 47 new SEO tactics over 3 years. 8 produced meaningful results (17% success rate).
The successful ones followed a pattern. The failures ignored fundamental principles.
Here's the framework for evaluating SEO innovations without wasting time on fads: 🧵👇
The successful ones followed a pattern. The failures ignored fundamental principles.
Here's the framework for evaluating SEO innovations without wasting time on fads: 🧵👇
1/ The innovation evaluation problem:
Why most tactics fail:
New tactic emerges:
- Promoted heavily (course sellers, agencies)
- Early adopters see results
- Everyone tries it
- Results diminish quickly
- Tactic becomes saturated
Example: Skyscraper technique 2014 (worked), 2024 (saturated).
Need framework to separate signal from noise.
Why most tactics fail:
New tactic emerges:
- Promoted heavily (course sellers, agencies)
- Early adopters see results
- Everyone tries it
- Results diminish quickly
- Tactic becomes saturated
Example: Skyscraper technique 2014 (worked), 2024 (saturated).
Need framework to separate signal from noise.
2/ The 5-filter evaluation framework:
Screen tactics before investing:
Filter 1: Alignment with Google's incentives
Question: "Does this improve user experience or game the system?"
Google rewards: User value
Google punishes: Manipulation
Example:
✓ Adding FAQ schema (helps users) = aligned
✗ Cloaking content (tricks Google) = misaligned
If misaligned: Don't invest (penalty risk).
Screen tactics before investing:
Filter 1: Alignment with Google's incentives
Question: "Does this improve user experience or game the system?"
Google rewards: User value
Google punishes: Manipulation
Example:
✓ Adding FAQ schema (helps users) = aligned
✗ Cloaking content (tricks Google) = misaligned
If misaligned: Don't invest (penalty risk).
🧵 THREAD: What actually matters about SILVER in that video
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Let’s strip the hype away and focus on what the video actually says about silver — not politics, not fantasy currencies.
Because the silver part matters. A lot.
Let’s strip the hype away and focus on what the video actually says about silver — not politics, not fantasy currencies.
Because the silver part matters. A lot.
2/
Core claim:
Silver has been running in a structural supply deficit for several years.
That part is true.
Global demand > mine supply + recycling → inventories are being drawn down.
You can’t do that forever.
Core claim:
Silver has been running in a structural supply deficit for several years.
That part is true.
Global demand > mine supply + recycling → inventories are being drawn down.
You can’t do that forever.
The following is evaluation is based on a number of professional discussions:
This CRPA found in a shot down jet Shaheed is reported to be Russian built. This is highly doubtful as the design and construction style looks far too professional for Russian industry.
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This CRPA found in a shot down jet Shaheed is reported to be Russian built. This is highly doubtful as the design and construction style looks far too professional for Russian industry.
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Bluntly - Russians tend towards cheapskate up-front capital manufacturing solutions.
The upshot is injection molded and die cast components are not a common feature in Russian designs as tooling for manufacturing designs is expensive up front,
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The upshot is injection molded and die cast components are not a common feature in Russian designs as tooling for manufacturing designs is expensive up front,
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...even if the mass production unit costs are lower.
In addition, Western style SMA RF connectors are not a feature of the Soviet technology base.
Nor is the RF coax with a transparent jacket.
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In addition, Western style SMA RF connectors are not a feature of the Soviet technology base.
Nor is the RF coax with a transparent jacket.
3/
Stop Wasting Money on Software in 2025.
Here are 10 Free Web Apps that can replace expensive software—without costing you a dime.
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[Save this for later 🔖]
The latest antisemitic lie that Candace Owens is spreading comes from the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Does she not know there is still a Muslim slave trade today in Africa?
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Why does Candace Owens not mention this? Does she not really care about the issue of slavery? It seems so. She was not concerned about Muslins behe@ding Christians, either. Why is that?
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In Mauritania, hereditary slavery rooted in a caste system still persists despite laws banning it; many victims come from Black Moor and Afro‑Mauritanian communities and can be bought, sold, or transferred like property,
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Indian RW keep lying, "Ambedkarites don't follow Real Buddhism"
Meanwhile in Sri Lanka, Buddhists regularly break Hindu Temples to construct Buddhist Monasteries
Hindu leader @VelanSwamigal was arrested for opposing construction of illegal Buddha Vihara in Hindu-majority Jaffna
Meanwhile in Sri Lanka, Buddhists regularly break Hindu Temples to construct Buddhist Monasteries
Hindu leader @VelanSwamigal was arrested for opposing construction of illegal Buddha Vihara in Hindu-majority Jaffna
In 2nd century BCE, Sri Lanka, Duttagamini killed many Tamil Hindus, but Buddhist Monks said —
"Non-believers do not follow Religion of Buddha,
They are Worse than Animals. Do not feel guilty for Killing millions of non-Buddhists
You will go to heaven for killing Unbelievers"
"Non-believers do not follow Religion of Buddha,
They are Worse than Animals. Do not feel guilty for Killing millions of non-Buddhists
You will go to heaven for killing Unbelievers"
Tamil Hindu women in Sri Lanka were Raped and Killed by Buddhists, just for wearing Sindoor on their head
Buddhist Monks said, "Put all the Tamils to Death"
Buddhist Monks said, "Put all the Tamils to Death"
The ship carrying meritocracy and color-blind America burned and sank in the harbor a decade ago. We watched it burn. We smoked cigars and drank fine whiskey and cheered as it erupted in flames. We felt nothing but relief for its loss. We toasted its demise. The great post-war lie that held us down was now a spectacular, flaming ruin. The spiteful egregore was finally vanquished, its hypnotic power dissipating into a thin mist hovering over the fast-sinking ship. We felt real hope for the first time in decades. 1/
As dawn came, we walked back to our cars, having resolved to build anew. We set out to create something pristine, something durable, something worth having, more importantly, something that was finally OURS. We swore to affirm what is best, and equally important, to reject what is hateful to us. We committed to the hard business of constructing our own thing, to form our own institutions, with our own network of businesses and clubs. Our SACRED AIM was to create a parallel society of mutual support with our own traditions and unifying symbols for our people–the people who built America, the Americans. I call this thing of ours: the American Civilizational Experiment. Your fake and gay America wasn't worth keeping, it’s just a strip mall with a bunch of empty words festooned across it like bad signage. I’d say it was dead–but propositional America was never alive in the first place. It was a simulacrum of the real thing. 2/
We have already constructed a new identity for white Christian men from the ruins of a society that openly hates us. We did it quietly and peaceably. We have experiments and pilot programs and conversations everywhere. It has been our passion and mission for several decades. We have hundreds of thousands of online posters, and thousands of podcasts and Substacks. We create the best content, and our cultural Vanguard is the envy of the world. We also have clubs and businesses and fraternal organizations. We’re rewired to a world that existed before the demographic catastrophe, before the lies of the post-war consensus, before all our institutions were poisoned by the Left, and before we were denied the freedom of association in our own nation. We took the best of what has been thought and said and done by our American ancestors and we’ve carefully and lovingly transplanted it into our modern, technological society. We are the modern men of 1903 and, hold my beer, the Wright Brothers are about to launch--and we about about to fly with them. 3/
@DannyDayan5 asked an interesting question.
Who is driving global long-term rates?
Short answer: no single country. Long answer: it’s a simultaneous global market for government debt.
Image 1 (Cholesky):
I start with a Cholesky decomposition of log-changes in 10-year zero-coupon rates across major sovereigns. This gives a conditional ordering—who moves first, holding others constant. The U.S. loads heavily, as expected, but Germany, the U.K., and others are also large contributors. That’s the key point: shocks are shared. The global bond market is tightly coupled, and “leadership” is distributed, not monopolized.
Who is driving global long-term rates?
Short answer: no single country. Long answer: it’s a simultaneous global market for government debt.
Image 1 (Cholesky):
I start with a Cholesky decomposition of log-changes in 10-year zero-coupon rates across major sovereigns. This gives a conditional ordering—who moves first, holding others constant. The U.S. loads heavily, as expected, but Germany, the U.K., and others are also large contributors. That’s the key point: shocks are shared. The global bond market is tightly coupled, and “leadership” is distributed, not monopolized.
Image 2 (PCA):
Principal components tell the same story from a different angle. The first component explains the overwhelming majority of variance and loads broadly across countries—this is the global duration factor. The second component separates relative fiscal/term-premium dynamics, but it’s far smaller. In other words, most of what we observe is a common global force, not bilateral contagion. Note the PCs are sorted by the strongest variation and 'bad' countries dominate global variation in rates.
Principal components tell the same story from a different angle. The first component explains the overwhelming majority of variance and loads broadly across countries—this is the global duration factor. The second component separates relative fiscal/term-premium dynamics, but it’s far smaller. In other words, most of what we observe is a common global force, not bilateral contagion. Note the PCs are sorted by the strongest variation and 'bad' countries dominate global variation in rates.
Bottom line:
Long-term rates are set by a global supply-and-demand equilibrium for sovereign debt. The U.S. matters a lot—but it does not act alone. When deficits rise, term supply expands, or risk premia shift, the adjustment is international. Trying to pin rate moves on a single country misses the structure of the market. The Cholesky Matrix allows us to simulate these dynamics.
Long-term rates are set by a global supply-and-demand equilibrium for sovereign debt. The U.S. matters a lot—but it does not act alone. When deficits rise, term supply expands, or risk premia shift, the adjustment is international. Trying to pin rate moves on a single country misses the structure of the market. The Cholesky Matrix allows us to simulate these dynamics.
